Hearse used after JFK slain in Dallas sells

Published 6:00 pm, Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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In this photo provided by Barrett-Jackson, the white hearse used to transport President John F. Kennedy’s body following his assassination in Dallas is shown at auction Saturday in Scottsdale, Ariz. It sold for a bid of $160,000 plus a $16,000 fee to a collector and real estate developer from Boulder, Colo. less

In this photo provided by Barrett-Jackson, the white hearse used to transport President John F. Kennedy’s body following his assassination in Dallas is shown at auction Saturday in Scottsdale, Ariz. It sold ... more

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DALLAS — The man who paid $176,000 for the white hearse used to transport President John F. Kennedy’s body following his assassination in Dallas plans to include it in his collection of about 400 cars in Colorado.

Stephen Tebo, a collector and real estate developer from Boulder, bought the hearse Saturday that was being offered by Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. of Scottsdale, Ariz. It sold for a bid of $160,000, plus a $16,000 buyer’s premium.

The 1964 Cadillac hearse carried Kennedy’s body as well as first lady Jacqueline Kennedy from Parkland Memorial Hospital to Air Force One at Dallas’ Love Field for the flight back to Washington on Nov. 22, 1963, according to the auction company.

“It was a solemn duty that it had taking him from the hospital where he was pronounced dead to Air Force One,” said Craig Jackson, CEO and chairman of the auction company. “I think everybody in the world remembers watching the hearse leave the hospital, heading toward Air Force One. It just sort of sunk into everybody that he’s gone.”

Judges move up Texas redistricting arguments

WASHINGTON — A three-judge panel hearing arguments about whether the Texas Legislature violated the federal Voting Rights Act when it redrew the state’s political maps said Tuesday it is moving up closing arguments in the case because of a recent Supreme Court ruling.

Judge Rosemary Collyer said a decision last week by the Supreme Court to send interim redistricting maps back to a San Antonio court means that many of the parties involved with the trial in Washington will be needed in San Antonio.

“It will allow you to finish up with this and turn your attention to whatever’s going on,” in San Antonio, Collyer said of the new timetable.

Closing arguments, which had been scheduled for Feb. 3 will now be held on Jan. 31. The judges have also set a schedule for post-trial filings from the state of Texas, Justice Department and minority groups who are arguing the case.

man charged with stabbing, discarding puppy

ABILENE — A West Texas man has been jailed on an animal cruelty charge after a 14-week-old puppy was found stabbed 11 times and tossed into a garbage bin.

Larry Dollins Jr. remains in Taylor County Jail in Abilene on Tuesday with bond set at $25,000. Jail records do not list an attorney for the 42-year-old suspect.

Neighbor Cheryl Ascol tells the Abilene Reporter-News that she walked out her back door and saw Dollins stabbing the dog “maliciously” with a knife.” She said she screamed at him to stop but darted back into her house when he began walking toward her with the dog.”

Dr. Natalie Matthews is treating the puppy, named Taz, at an Abilene veterinary clinic. She said she expects the dog to be adopted by Wednesday.

Man with gun in car stopped at Bush home

DALLAS — The Secret Service detained, questioned and released a man who had a firearm in his vehicle as he pulled up outside the north Dallas home of former President George W. Bush.

Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan says the unidentified man showed up “uninvited” about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, saying he wanted to see Bush. While agents and Dallas police questioned him, the man revealed that he had a gun in his nearby vehicle.

Donovan says the man had a permit for the gun and his answers checked out, so he was released and left.

A Bush spokesman says the Bushes weren’t home at the time. The street leading to the house is blocked by a gate.

Donovan declined to comment on how the man made it past the gate.

Texas state parks suffer as visitors, revenue drop

AUSTIN — Wildfires caused as much as $11 million in damage to Texas state parks and, coupled with the worst single-year drought in state history, continue to drive down the parks’ visitation rates, a top official told state lawmakers Tuesday.

Carter Smith, executive director of Texas Parks and Wildlife, reported to members of the Texas House Culture, Recreation and Tourism committee that the parks have seen an 8.4 percent decline in revenue from visitors in the first quarter of the 2012 fiscal year, which began Sept. 1. He said that represents $928,000 in losses, which are especially costly because 55 percent of total park funding comes from visitor-generated revenue.